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Friday, February 24, 2012

Sepia Saturday: Made for Walking

Sepia Saturday challenges bloggers to share family history through old photographs.

This week’s Sepia Saturday challenge is all about SHOES.And can you believe it? I’ve used my best shoe photos already.So I’m forced to present this one:

Can anyone say “Hullabaloo”?At Christmas 1970, I was certainly on the cutting edge in my Mod lace-up boots that look remarkably like my uncle’s boots from the 1930s:

My friend Guy was wearing a quirky flat-bottomed shoe.I think they were called Charlie Brown shoes, but I’ve been unable to confirm that there was any such style for young men in the 70’s.As protocol dictates, I’ve saved the best for last. The star of this picture is definitely my hip mother in her white Go-Go boots.Those white vinyl knee-high slip-ons plus her snappy blue Ford Pinto made her quite the “hottie” in the teacher’s lounge at Alf J. Mapp Junior High.

from Google Images

We definitely jumped on the fashion rebellion train.We can say “We were there!” when boots became part of women’s fashions, not just a necessity for getting out in the snow.“We were there” when Yves St. Laurent rolled out the Mondrian dress, perfect with boots.“We were there” singing along with Nancy Sinatra whose big hit “These Boots” drew attention not only to the latest fashion trend but also to the growing support for feminism. Do you remember the words? Give it a try -- you know you want to. Then afterwards put on your boots and walk on over to Sepia Saturday for more fabulous footwear.

17 comments:

Oh absolutely funny how when shoes came to be then boots drifted in my thoughts and of course other than Santa Claus who else made boots famous?! Besides your lovely photo...that was very cool too! A great shoes/boot post!

I'm another one who wore knee-high boots in the late '60s and early '70s. They made our legs look SO good! I'm glad you posted the Nancy Sinatra video, too. It's such a perfect choice for this week's theme that I felt sure someone would post it.

I was a young mom in the 70s and I had my boots too. I forgot all about that picture I have somewhere. Wore them with a dress. WOW we were something. Love that video too. Just what I thought of when I say your post title.QMM

Hi Wendy, sorry that I am late with my visit ... I enjoyed your post so much; love you guys on the porch and the bench! I love those boots. To think back and remember when Pintos were cool, lol. And so were Pacers, kind of.

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My name is Wendy. About twenty years ago, I helped my mother research the Jolletts. Since retiring from teaching, I have expanded my research which I share here. When I’m not looking for my own family, I index for FamilySearch and the Greene County Historical Society.
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